Re: Aussie update

Tony,
Hang in there. My plants have been badly affected and I have been theorising
that it is related to the hot dry weather. This morning when I awoke there
were water droplets falling from the sky. I havn't seen that for a long
time. On the weekend I gave each plot a small packet of Gro Plus and covered
the ground with soil wetter. Whatever happened the plants are shooting ahead
today with no sign of the virus except the leaves previously affected. It
looks like some of the Bobier vines are growing 3 ft a day. Where there is
life there is hope. I gave the plants a good hosing down after putting on
the granular fertiliser just to get the grains off the leaves and they
seemed to look better as a result.
Try a few different things and see what works.
Stewart

-----Original Message-----
From: Hickman, Tony <shickam@rgh.sa.gov.au>
To: PUMPKIN GROUP <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
Date: Monday, 8 December 1997 17:40
Subject: Aussie update



Hello fellow pumpkin nuts.

Here in South Australia things aren't going as planned.
My 1006 and my 990 are both mutated. None of the leaves
have formed properly. I don't know if it's a virus or what it is.
I guess I;ll just have to wait and see what happens.
I did spray them with Pyrethrum when they were small to kill
the white flies. Then I read the instuctions which said not to spray
young seedlings, Would that have done it?
The fungus infection seems to be under control but the white flies
are always around.
I think I have two options.
One would be to see if the plants will eventually come good.
Two. I can get another plant from a mate.
Now should I pull out my plants and start again with a plant of
unknown parentage?
I have other good seeds but it's too late now to plant them.
I supose if I put the new plant in the patch it will get the same problem.
I do have other small/normal pumpkins growing and they seem to be OK.
So maybe the white flies aren't spreading some virus.
Too many if's and but's in this game, I'm confused.
I will be on holidays soon, maybe they will sort out their own problems
by the time I get back...........I can only hope.

Tony H


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